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Health 1st offers free workshops For more detailed information about upcoming Health 1st events, visit the Wellness Wednesday booth from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 7 in the Children’s Hospital lobby.   Health 1st, the MUSC employee health and wellness program, offers the below calendar of events to encourage employees, faculty and staff to continue developing healthy habits for the New Year. Reminders for the events can also be viewed through broadcast e-mails. February Wellness Wednesdays (Children’s Hospital Lobby, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) Feb. 7: Review of Health 1st activities and hand massages Feb. 14:  Healthier Desserts (How to Cut Calories and Fat) Feb. 21: Healthy Heart and Exercise (quiz and cardio assessment) Feb. 28: Down Memory Lane…Memory Boost Tips February Workshops and Classes (Free) Feb. 15: Weight Loss Workshop Feb. 20: Smoking Cessation Feb. 6, Feb. 13, Feb. 20, Feb. 27: REACH 2010 Diabetes Class (part of an ongoing series of eight classes, every Tuesday from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. through March 13.)  Everyone is welcome to attend one or all classes, and to bring a friend.   For suggestions or information about any Health 1st events, e-mail health1st@musc.edu. Weekly tips from the Healthy S.C. Challenge Healthy S.C. Challenge is a results-oriented initiative created by Gov. Mark Sanford and first lady Jenny Sanford to motivate people to start making choices that can improve health and well-being. Visit http://www.healthysc.gov. Tobacco Telephone counseling is a great resource for helping to quit smoking. People who use telephone counseling stop smoking at twice the rate of those who don't get this type of help. Telephone counseling is also more convenient than some other support programs. It doesn't require transportation or childcare and is available nights and weekends.   Smokers can get help finding a quitline by calling the American Cancer Society at (800) 227-2345 or visit http://www.cancer.org. Editor's note: The preceding column was brought to you on behalf of Health 1st. Striving to bring various topics and representing numerous employee wellness organizations and committees on campus, this weekly column seeks to provide MUSC, MUHA and UMA employees with current and helpful information concerning all aspects of health.   Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.